I always thought the Hip Hop aspect of their career was supposed to be a joke, they were a passable rock band at best but I heard "No sleep till Brooklyn" on the radio today and it's just so silly, like Weird Al Yankovic really.
Someone once gave me a copy of Grand Royal, the Magazine they put out and that was a send up of 90's "alternative" culture as well, not to say that it wasn't damn funny but as far as I'm concerned they were a satirical group.
Their second album "Paul's Boutique" is widely cited as a major Hip Hop influence and the foundation of that White Boy, Jazz infused thread of the genre but the album is properly described a collaboration with two White producers, Michael Simpson and John King aka "The Dust Brothers", everything the Beasties made after that had the same sound and the same beats.

"In every period of history, men have succumbed to certain illusions. Perhaps the most widespread illusion of our time is that people are now more thoroughly, comprehensively, and, above all, accurately informed than ever before. In reality, just the opposite seems to be the case."

Yeah a friend of mine had a show on community radio back when that album came out, he was into all that undergraduate beer monster crap, Beastie Boys, Twisted Sister, Run DMC etc, he would play the whole album without a break and get yelled at by the station manager.
Guys used to take over the stereo at parties and play "Fight for your right" literally 20 times in a row and do the football huddle while screaming out the lyrics, it was horrible, doubly so because I didn't even drink in those days.

Hmm, the only upside to the Beasties' existence is that they got played on Negro
radio stations, in addition to the rock ones. Conversely, no Negro rappers have ever been played on my local
rock stations. Put Negroes in their place, especially since Negroes don't
understand that Jews aren't White.

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I don't HATE Jews, Negroes, and homosexuals...Can a man honestly say he HATES lice, roaches, and fleas? I just feel better when they're not around...

I'm still waiting for this proposal of a White-Muslim alliance to be reciprocated by Muslims. Do let me know if it ever happens. The U.S. has made Israel as powerful as they are today. Muslims HATE us.